On the other side, Sheng Xiping followed the footprints and drag marks all the way to the forest farm.

In the northeast corner of the forest farm, there is a three-room house built against the hillside.

The area here is spacious, unlike the crowded central area of ​​the forest farm, so this courtyard is quite large.

It's only around 10 a.m. right now, not yet time to cook.

But the chimneys of the house in front of us were all emitting smoke.

Inside the house, it sounded like people were talking loudly; it was quite lively.

No one knows who came out of the house, but as soon as the door opened, the steaming heat inside wafted out and spread everywhere.

Along with the steam came a rich aroma of braised meat.

Sheng Xiping did not follow the footprints to the front gate of the house. Instead, he squatted on the hillside behind the house and peered into the yard under the cover of bushes and grass.

He certainly recognized this family; they were the well-known Li family from the forest farm.

Back in the summer, Sheng Xi'an and his group pretended to be bears on the second branch line to scare people, specifically the daughter-in-law of the Li family.

The Li family is full of oddballs. Old Li used to be a forestry worker, but he wasn't hardworking. He spent his days dawdling, bragging, and spouting nonsense.

So people gave him a nickname, Li Dabaihua.

Old Mrs. Li does no work all day, she just loves to wander around to this house and that house, gossiping and talking behind people's backs all the time.

The Li family has two sons. The elder son took over his father's job and now works as a chainsaw operator in the forestry team.

The second son was about the same age as Sheng Xiping. He dropped out of school before finishing elementary school and didn't get a job.

They just wander around aimlessly all day, doing some work for the family members, or going into the mountains to do some side jobs.